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If you had to pick a name from Greek mythology

108 replies

RosieLemonade · 17/01/2021 20:39

Which would you choose?

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finallychangedmyusername · 17/01/2021 20:52

Calliope, Ariadne, Hermione or Persephone. Probably Calliope.
Evander, Leander or Cadmus.

SunInTheSkyYouKnowHowIFeel · 17/01/2021 20:53

Hero

Weepingwillows12 · 17/01/2021 20:54

Hector

Weepingwillows12 · 17/01/2021 20:55

Actually hang on. Do you mean for yourself or for a baby?

lozengeoflove · 17/01/2021 20:56

Based on a name alone and not the character connotations:
Athena
Pandora
Persephone

KleineDracheKokosnuss · 17/01/2021 20:58

Cassiopeia, Persephone or Cassandra

SirSamuelVimes · 17/01/2021 20:58

Persephone. I absolutely love the sound of it.

I have already used Hermione on DD! (Middle name, didn't quite have the guts for first)

KleineDracheKokosnuss · 17/01/2021 20:59

Or Arachne

RosieLemonade · 17/01/2021 21:02

For a baby! I like Circe and Hector.

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Nonamesavail · 17/01/2021 21:02

Pandora

WhispersOfWickedness · 17/01/2021 21:03

Cora Smile
Our robot hoover is called Hector Grin

AuntieStella · 17/01/2021 21:05

Khione, Persephone, Artemis

Mustardbay · 17/01/2021 21:05

Calista

Mustardbay · 17/01/2021 21:05

Or Phoebe

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 17/01/2021 21:14

Iris, Helen, Alexander, Melissa, Simon
Possibly Hector or Xanthe
Jason is an acceptable name but I don't much like it personally and I don't like the associations
Chloe is an acceptable name, but not a favourite of mine
Delia, Hebe, Hermione, Irene, Maia, Penelope, Phoebe ditto

Most of them have terrible associations, or where they don't, it just seems hubristic and grandiose to give a child the name of a god.

www.behindthename.com/names/usage/greek-mythology

AngelicaElizaAndPeggy · 17/01/2021 21:16

Penelope
Patroclus - shite sounding name but a slightly less terrible person than Achilles.
Circe

AngelicaElizaAndPeggy · 17/01/2021 21:17

Oh yes, or Hector - he was quite decent I think.

borntohula · 17/01/2021 21:20

Hades

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 17/01/2021 21:21

Decent but doomed, sadly Sad

MillieEpple · 17/01/2021 21:22

Atlas and Tyche

TempsPerdu · 17/01/2021 21:25

Clio (just wish it wasn’t a car), Iris, or Athena. Or, if I was feeling especially brave, Calypso (my guilty pleasure name).

Not sure for boys - maybe Zephyr if I was being adventurous? Friend of a friend has a little Perseus though...

Magicbabywaves · 17/01/2021 21:25

I did, I have an Iris. I also love Hebe, Persephone and Io.

Unicant · 17/01/2021 21:25

I love Psyche so much... but I could never use it in reality
I also love Olympia and Halcyone but again perhaps a bit too much for reality..

Ariadne is lovely and actually I think you could use that one! Circe is also lovely.

My husbands name is Leander! He just told everyone his name was Lee at school haha

Unicant · 17/01/2021 21:27

oh and we have Eurydice on our list. I love that story so much... but we chickened out of using it in the end

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 17/01/2021 21:28

Cassiopeia. It just sounds so very beautiful to me (even though the myth isn't great). Non - mythological Cassia would probably be easier on a child though if she were shy/less confident.

Second choice would be Galatea - again it just sounds so pretty and lyrical to me. But that's even less used/common than Cassiopeia!

For boys - Apollo, but again I don't think I'm brave enough.